JEE Advanced: IIT Kharagpur offers free education to top 100 rankers

The scholarship will be implemented from the 2021-22 academic session and will consider students whose parents’ gross annual income is below Rs 20 lakh.

Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Scholarship to cover full expenses of students 

IIT Kharagpur has instituted a full-ride scholarship to support students who figure in the top 100 of all India rankings of JEE Advanced. The scholarship entitled ‘Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Full Scholarship for Top 100 JEE (Advanced) Rankers’ will cover the entire expenses of students who win it till they complete their BTech course at IIT Kharagpur, institute director Prof Virendra Kumat Tewari said at the 71st foundation day programme of the institute held on the campus.  

The scholarship will be implemented from the 2021-22 academic session and will consider students whose parents’ gross annual income is below Rs 20 lakh, he said. “At IIT Kharagpur, we believe that not a single meritorious student should have their education limited due to financial constraints … It is our responsibility and pleasure to support all such talented and meritorious but economically challenged students to access higher education,” said the director.  

“This scholarship is in the name of Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay) and he earned the title of Vidyasagar for his vast knowledge in Sanskrit and Indian philosophy which was compared to the vastness of the ocean,” he said. Students required funds not only for tuition fees but for many other reasons such as buying books, transportation, food and lodging, he said adding the expense might be too high for a family to pay. 

The full-ride scholarship will cover the entire cost of education of a student such as institution fees, hall expenses, textbooks, meals, gadgets and other miscellaneous expenses such as relocation expenses, personal expenses, other living costs and also to provide an out-of-pocket allowance. It will leave them free to focus on their studies and social life without worrying about money, said Prof Jayanta Mukhopadyay, the Dean Outreach and professor of Computer Science and Engineering Department at IIT Kharagpur. Prof Surjya K Pal, Associate Dean of Alumni Affairs and Branding and a professor of Mechanical Engineering Department said the institute would bear all expenses of the chosen student throughout his tenure. 

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